Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster ‘Dort’ Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada

Short summary

A 23-year-old Ottawa resident was arrested for allegedly building and operating Kimwolf, an Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of devices to conduct massive distributed denial-of-service attacks over six months. He faces criminal hacking charges in both Canada and the United States, including for DDoS, doxing, and swatting campaigns targeting journalists and security researchers.

• •Alleged Kimwolf botnet operator arrested; charged in both Canada and the United States
• •Botnet enslaved millions of IoT devices for coordinated DDoS attacks over six months
• •Suspect targeted journalists and security researchers with DDoS, doxing, and swatting campaigns

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